
2015 No. 347
Climate Change
The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015
Made 6th October 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th October 2015
Coming into force 23rd November 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(1) and 96(2)(a) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 and comes into force on 23rd November 2015.
Interpretation
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In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009;
 “listed body” means any body which, any other person who, or the holder of any office which is listed in Schedule 1;
 “report year” means the year for which a report is to be prepared under article 3(1);
 “year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March; and
 “year ahead” (in Schedule 2) means the year which follows the report year.
Reports
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(1) For each year, a listed body must prepare a report on compliance with its climate change duties.
(2) The listed body must send the report to the Scottish Ministers within a period of 8 months from the end of the report year.
Form and content
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(1) Each report must be in the form set out in Schedule 2.
(2) Each report must contain the information specified in the form set out in Schedule 2.
(3) The report may be sent to the Scottish Ministers in electronic form.
AILEEN McLEOD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th October 2015
SCHEDULE 1
LISTED BODIES
Article 2
Ministers, The Parliament

 The Scottish Ministers
 The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Holders of offices in the Scottish Administration which are non-ministerial offices

 Food Standards Scotland
 The Keeper of the Records of Scotland
 The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland
 The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
 The Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland
 Revenue Scotland
 The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
 The Scottish Housing Regulator

Local government

 A council constituted by section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
 A Transport Partnership created under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005

National health service

 The Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service
 A Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
 The National Waiting Times Centre Board
 NHS Education for Scotland 
 Public Health Scotland
  The Scottish Ambulance Service Board
 The State Hospitals Board for Scotland

Educational institutions

 The board of management of a college of further education (within the meaning given by section 36(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992)
 An institution which is a fundable post-16 education body in receipt of funding from the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council or a regional strategic body (within the meaning of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005), other than any such institution whose activities are principally carried on outwith Scotland

Police

 The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland
 The Scottish Police Authority

Others

 Audit Scotland
 The Board of Trustees for the National Galleries of Scotland
 The Board of Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland
 The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
 The British Waterways Board
 The Cairngorms National Park Authority
 Creative Scotland
 The Crofting Commission
 Crown Estate Scotland
 Highlands and Islands Enterprise
 Historic Environment Scotland
 An integration joint board established by order under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
 The James Hutton Institute
 The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority
 The Moredun Research Institute
 The National Library of Scotland
 The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
 Scottish Enterprise
 The Scottish Environment Protection Agency
 The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
 The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
 The Scottish Land Commission
 The Scottish Legal Aid Board
 Scottish Natural Heritage
 The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
 The Scottish Qualifications Authority
 The Scottish Social Services Council
 The Scottish Sports Council
 Scottish Water
 Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland
 South of Scotland Enterprise
 VisitScotland
 The Scottish National Investment Bank p.l.c.

SCHEDULE 2
REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE DUTIES
Article 4
